Projects

Implementing District-Level Change for Students, Teachers and Parents in Samastipur

Anandshala seeks to directly create a more responsive education system and a student-friendly environment in a focused 6 blocks, across 300 schools in Samastipur, Bihar.

About

In October 2015, Quest Alliance established a district-wide, Proof of Concept of the Anandshala program in Samastipur, Bihar in partnership with The Hans Foundation and Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC).

Advocacy activities disseminated the learning outcomes from these pilot blocks to the remaining 14 blocks through state machinery. Together, we aimed to:

Improve the rate of attendance and student engagement in schools

Increase the number of open houses, parent-teacher meetings and home visits made by teachers/school functionaries

Encourage greater awareness of teachers about students

Change parents’ perceptions of school and teachers, and make them more informed about school-related issues

At the system level, our intent was to:

Create an effective teacher support system through a cadre of Change Leaders

Foster the effective implementation of government policies with support from the district administration